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$20.00 - 1859 PCGS AU50
$20.00 - 1859 PCGS AU50
Date…….1859
Grade…….PCGS AU50
PCGS Price Guide.……………13500
Population (PCGS).……...…...20/63
Population (NGC)..………….…21/76
Serial Number……8926.50/47961012
PCGS Lookup Number……….8926
NICE PCGS AU50 1859 $20, ex Fairmont
The 1859 is one of the two scarcest Type I double eagles from the Philadelphia mint along with the 1862. It is not easily located in grades through AU55, and it is very scarce in AU58. Uncirculated 1859 double eagles are very rare with around six or seven known.
This piece has natural russet color with a swath of deeper at the stars on the left obverse. Perhaps not as lustrous as an AU50 should be, and thus not approved by CAC but a coin with real visual appeal.
From the Palos Verdes Collection and earlier from Stack’s Bowers 2023 ANA: 1338 where it brought $9,600